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A week after criticizing rival Eric Garcetti for receiving campaign funds from a convicted felon, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel said she has returned money given to her by a felon. Dakota Smith in the Daily News,

A former Agoura Hills investment banker, Francoeur was convicted in 1992 and sentenced to seven years in prison for swindling investors in Los Angeles and Ventura counties over land deals, according to press reports.

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Don Knabe and Mike Antonovich are recommending that the agency that oversees LA/Ontario International Airport return it to local control. Liset Marquez in the Daily News,

The supervisors are expected to introduce their motion today, urging Los Angeles World Airports – the agency that oversees ONT and Los Angeles International Airport – to turn over control of ONT to a local agency.

In their motion, the supervisors ask that LAWA “make good” on a 2006 settlement agreement that required the agency redistribute air traffic throughout the region.

In one part of the room at Notre Dame High School was Wendy Greuel’s husband Dean Schramm, angrily shaking his head at times as his wife and rival Eric Garcetti sparred.

Across the room, Gil Garcetti, Eric’s father and a campaign photographer, stood atop a chair, quietly taking images.

As they traverse the city seeking votes, Garcetti and Greuel frequently have family members in tow, in part for support during the breakneck pace of an intense political campaign. Still, they also follow distinct approaches when it comes to publicly incorporating their family into their

Garcetti and his wife, Amy Wakeland, greet supporters at the Avalon Theatre in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles on election night, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (The Associated Press)

Now, after a 20-year police crackdown against gangs in one of Southern California’s most regal cities, the tide has turned, with crime at modern historic lows.

But instead of celebrating a hard-won victory, Pasadena police are themselves accused of kidnapping, beating and threatening to kill witnesses, withholding evidence in trials, attempting to bribe attorneys, wrongly shooting unarmed residents and a litany of civil rights abuses in their war against gangs and thugs.